Sentences with phrase «say narrowing the gap»

What we have not done is pull together an obligation and say narrowing the gap, and making society more fair and equal is a public policy objective right across every public body.

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It said «Narrow your say - do gap» next to the word «Commitment.»

The point is I would have never been given the opportunity to save the company if I had anything other than a narrow say - do gap in the two years leading up to that event.

Payne said he predicts this gap of beliefs and intentions will narrow over time but not completely disappear.

«Narrowing the gap between the laggards and those at the frontier of digitization could help accelerate productivity and growth,» it says.

Additional clinical trial data later this year on Tesaro's key drug, Niraparib, which targets advanced solid tumors in ovarian and breast cancers, could help narrow the valuation gap, the people said.

If the pace picks up in 2014 and beyond — say to 250,000 a month — the gap will narrow sooner, in 2017.

Keystone XL construction, along with Kinder Morgan Inc.'s Trans Mountain expansion and Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3 expansion, could narrow the gap to less than $ 10 by early next decade, Tim Pickering, chief investment officer at Auspice Capital Advisors Ltd., said in a telephone interview.

Rather than attempting to have animals classified as «persons,» which Professor Carlin says would «narrow the gap between humans and the lower animals,» the Christian animal rights movement wants them to be recognized as the sentient beings they are, demonstrably capable of physical and emotional suffering.

«I feel the community that can narrow this gap is the religious community,» he said.

It has been said that each World Missionary Conference from Edinburgh (1910) to Willingen (1952) was a step forward in the progressive narrowing of the gap between the church and mission.

Mr Palmquist said growers were at times $ US30 per tonne to $ US40 per tonne more expensive than their global peers and while this gap had narrowed to about $ US15 per tonne it highlighted the importance of improving the supply chains, including government - owned railways.

The two speakers said higher adoption rates of sustainable foods were necessary to narrow the «externality gap» with conventional products.

That said, Brighton didn't keep that narrow when they weren't pressing, with the gap between Dale Stephens and Anthony Knockaert often growing quite wide.

Both campaigns say they believe the gap will narrow as Republicans increase their early voting efforts, but it also reflects differences in the parties» get - out - the - vote operations.

Gaps also narrowed between low and and high needs districts, students with disabilities, and students who don't speak English proficiently, but Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said in a statement that closing these gaps would be a priority for her department in the coming yeGaps also narrowed between low and and high needs districts, students with disabilities, and students who don't speak English proficiently, but Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said in a statement that closing these gaps would be a priority for her department in the coming yegaps would be a priority for her department in the coming years.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the party wanted to «pour the disinfectant of sunlight on large company accounts» to help HM Revenue and Customs narrow the vast gap between tax owed and tax paid.

With the Liberal Democrat leader set on highlighting the impact his party has had on the coalition's education policies, Clegg said he is heartened that there are signs the attainment gap is narrowing.

Commenting on the Education Policy Institute's Closing the Gap report into the progress made by the Government to narrow the pupil attainment gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprisiGap report into the progress made by the Government to narrow the pupil attainment gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprisigap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprising.

«Astorino has narrowed the gap, however, with less than two weeks until Election Day, about three - quarters of Republicans and Astorino voters think that Cuomo will win,» Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement.

The Tory leader endorsed his policy chief Oliver Letwin, who angered the party's traditionalists last December by saying he supported redistribution to try to narrow the gap between rich and poor.

The gap is slightly narrower than in mid-December (when 77 % said «should» and just 11 % «should not») but is still vast.

In recent years, the achievement gap in the United States between high - and low - income students has widened, even as gaps along lines of race and ethnicity have narrowed, says Martin West, an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an author of the new study.

Hudson said he hopes the work will encourage other scientists to further narrow the gap between physics and chemistry, and to demonstrate that increasingly complex molecules can be studied and controlled.

«I want to narrow the gap between death and the living,» von Hagens says.

The device enhances the sensing properties of the technique by creating «hot spots,» or narrow gaps within the nanostructure which intensified the Raman signal, the researchers said.

«These efforts could support stronger income growth and a narrowing of the gap between the incomes of Tennesseans and other Americans,» said Murray.

The next step, the authors say, will be to further narrow the gap between the objects in such gravity tests, perhaps to 0.01 millimeter.

The findings suggest that the gradual narrowing of the gender gap since the early 1970s in the US and UK has been propelled by better public health, Varnum says.

But a promising finding is that we're seeing the gap narrow in the incidence rates between Appalachia and non-Appalachia since the 2007 analysis with the exception of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, larynx, lung and bronchus, and thyroid,» Wilson said.

«Traditionally, heavy drinking has been shown to be more prevalent in men, though more recent studies point to a narrowing in the gender gap,» said Megan Bertholomey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of Mary Torregrossa, Ph.D., at the University of Pittsburgh who conducted the research.

Jonathan Wai, a Duke University Talent Identification Program research scientist and co-author of the study, said a narrowing of gender gaps makes sense given increased efforts to promote gender diversity in science and engineering.

Those gaps will narrow if jamming and phase transition theory continue to successfully explain what researchers see in cells and tissues, Fredberg said.

It can be said that the inception of this site made narrowed the gap between wealthy men and beautiful women who see financial assistance.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «It is encouraging that this report recognises the extent to which the government has been able to narrow the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.

In a foreword to the report, David Laws, executive chairman for CentreForum, said: «There is a risk that this policy may widen the attainment gap on entry to school, and cut across initiatives such as the Pupil Premium, which aim to narrow this gap.»

That said, it strikes me as highly unlikely that we're ever going to significantly narrow the achievement gap between rich and poor unless we narrow the «good parenting gap» between rich and poor families, too.

«If we don't make the progress that we need to make in narrowing the achievement gap then that's a recipe for social instability and economic decline,» Ferguson said.

An early - childhood - education program in Maryland is helping to narrow the school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their middle - class peers, says a state education department report.

NCLB, while broadening awareness of the achievement gap, simultaneously narrowed the purpose of our nation's schools, boiling the whole endeavor down to the incremental movement of testing numbers as an attempt to say something about student literacy and numeracy.

Unlike income achievement gaps, the racial academic achievement gaps have declined significantly over the past four decades, the researchers said, so the recent narrowing of the racial readiness gap among kindergarteners is merely a continuation of the trend.

At a commemorative conference held at the University of New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said that changes in the city's education system have led to increased test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap.

«Given that income inequality in the United States has continued to rise in the 2000s, we expected the gap in school readiness would also continue to grow, but instead it has narrowed,» said Reardon in a statement.

«I think what's surprising is that the income gap has narrowed... when some of the underlying conditions — growing income equality and residential segregation — have continued unabated,» Reardon said.

Study Links Brain Anatomy, Academic Achievement, and Family Income MIT News, 4/17/15 «In recent years, the achievement gap in the United States between high - and low - income students has widened, even as gaps along lines of race and ethnicity have narrowed, says Martin West, an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an author of the new study.»

«While the performance of Virginia students compares favorably to that of students in other states, the disparities between subgroups underscore the importance of the Board of Education's policies and initiatives aimed at narrowing, and ultimately closing, achievement gaps,» Board of Education President David M. Foster said.

National Association of Head Teachers general secretary Russell Hobby said: «Narrowing the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils has been an intractable problem.

NUT general secretary Christine Blower said it was good news to see the attainment gap between advantaged and disadvantaged primary school pupils narrow.

«The negative consequences of the current overwhelming focus on preparation for standardized tests include narrowed curricula, developmentally inappropriate instructional practices, decreases in student engagement, stagnant achievement gaps and rising minority dropout rates,» said subcommittee member and Winchester second grade teacher David Krane.

«Long - term improvement is also gap - narrowing improvement,» Cheatham said, citing a 36 percentage - point rise for black students in reading proficiency in four years at Lindbergh Elementary School, and a 19 percentage - point gain for black students in reading proficiency over the same period at Glendale.